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Giving Thanks with Max
Due to early brainwave changes, science has proven the learning stage between ages 0-7 is one of the most important of our lives. Max Rhymes takes advantage of this learning period by teaching core values, creating a positive belief system, increasing reading retention and creating higher self-esteem, all through the power of rhymes. In Giving Thanks with Max, Max shows everyone how easy it is to give thanks for everything in his life such as flowers, trees, birds, friends, family and more.
22 pages, Hardcover
Published February 1, 2017
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July 31, 2023
Great message of practicing gratitude. Suggestions of being thankful throughout the daily routine, for nature, parts of the body. Gratitude seems to overflow from the role model protagonist as an intrinsic desire apart from extrinsic utility.
Apart from statement that gratitude feels good and the demonstration of this in the grateful and happy positive role model, there isn't much here to motivation grateful behavior. My favorite page offered rain as an example of something we might be tempted to complain about, but should be grateful for instead. I wish there were more examples like this. What kinds of things might we experience throughout the day that should prompt gratitude? Imagining being without food or shelter, or better still, experiencing this vicariously through a character, would greatly aid the reader in being grateful for these everyday things.
There is a passage that may be interpreted as a religious reference for those who want it or in naturalist terms:
I always look up in the sky.
I give thanks for heaven above,
and say, "Thank you" to the birds flying by.
I'm giving it 5 stars for now, but I might downgrade to 3 or 4 stars if I find better children's books on gratitude.
Apart from statement that gratitude feels good and the demonstration of this in the grateful and happy positive role model, there isn't much here to motivation grateful behavior. My favorite page offered rain as an example of something we might be tempted to complain about, but should be grateful for instead. I wish there were more examples like this. What kinds of things might we experience throughout the day that should prompt gratitude? Imagining being without food or shelter, or better still, experiencing this vicariously through a character, would greatly aid the reader in being grateful for these everyday things.
There is a passage that may be interpreted as a religious reference for those who want it or in naturalist terms:
I always look up in the sky.
I give thanks for heaven above,
and say, "Thank you" to the birds flying by.
I'm giving it 5 stars for now, but I might downgrade to 3 or 4 stars if I find better children's books on gratitude.
June 7, 2016
being appreciative of things that seemingly may not seem so great is always a great tool for teaching our kids to ensure a better future for humanity as a whole.
this book does that, in board book style, for transitional tots that are in between board books and more content books :). still cute. my 5 year old has a much longer attention span for books and detail, but its a great in between book to read to both my 5 and nearly 2 year old.
this book does that, in board book style, for transitional tots that are in between board books and more content books :). still cute. my 5 year old has a much longer attention span for books and detail, but its a great in between book to read to both my 5 and nearly 2 year old.
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